A 12-week oral regimen of daclatasvir, asunaprevir, and beclabuvir, with or without ribavirin, cured 86% to 90% of genotype 1 hepatitis C patients with cirrhosis in the Phase 3 UNITY-2 trial, while the TRIO regimen without ribavirin demonstrated similar sustained response rates for non-cirrhotics in UNITY-1, according to 2 late-breaking reports presented at the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) Liver Meeting this week in Boston. Findings suggest that ribavirin is still useful for some harder-to-treat patients.

All but 1 participant treated with a coformulation of sofosbuvir and ledipasvir (Harvoni) achieved sustained virological response at 12 weeks post-treatment in a study looking at traditionally hard-to-treat HIV/HCV coinfected patients, researchers reported at the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) Liver Meeting this week in Boston.

People who achieve sustained virological response (SVR) when treated with interferon-based therapy for hepatitis C have a lower risk of death, are less likely to develop liver cancer, and need fewer liver transplants than those who were treated but not cured, according to results from a meta-analysis of more than 34,000 patients presented at the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) Liver Meeting this week in Boston.